1. Sweetened dried mangos. As close to candy as I can get without my husband warning me of diabetes.

2. One of Paige's organic lollipops, in case I need to bribe on the spot.

3. Altoids. Because I usually have coffee breath.

And the essentials:

1. My favorite Coach wallet that my brother gave me a couple of years ago. (Thanks, Mark!)
2. Keys. Yes that is Tweety Bird. No, it wasn't my choice. I'm more of a Disney Princess. ;o)
3. Thumb drive that I keep forgetting to unload.
4. Phone that I actually share with my husband. Poor guy never complains about the pink case.
5. The "awesome" pens that I hide in my purse so my husband won't take them. (Don't worry, he has a stash, too.)

There you have it! All you ever wanted to know, and much. much. (too) much. more, I'm sure.

Haha, I love this, it so closely resembles my own purse! Just by looking in my purse you can tell I am a mom, loose diapers, ends of snacks, random small toys. I also have those exact same lollipops in my purse for that exact same reason, hah!

uhhh I filled my purse organizer with tons of stuff I never used but "just in case." Have an advice on the grocery list. There are many free iPhone apps out there you can use to put your grocery list on. I use "Wunderlist" & loving it. I gotta put everything on lists & reminder or I can't accomplish anything :P

My purse is a bit more organised. I do have some papers but there all neatly folded into my planner. But I sure love the way you made this post. Its a whole new way of making a what's in my purse post. I like it.

I don't know what our natural fascination with others' purses stems from, but it is amazingly universal! Good idea. Also, thanks for doing a REAL one - why do famous people's purses in magazines NEVER include one tiny scrap of paper?? I call baloney.

Also, I just wanted to say that I have been away from blogging for about a year now, and for some reason just completely quit reading those I had followed. But I'm considering coming back, and yesterday I spent a good chunk of day catching up on your blog! I just love your sweet outlook and ADORABLE little girl! Thanks for sharing yourself with us (the world)!

Lol! Great!! I'm definitely a purse hoarder like you:) My four kids ages 7 down to 8 months take up most of the room in it:) Well, THEY are not in my purse, but their stuff definitely is:) Sometimes my 4 year old gets tired of holding her purse, so her purse goes into my purse, etc etc:) Fun post! Thanks!!

Love it! I downsized recently and that has helped my hoarding. Before that, I won a door prize at a party for having something in my purse that started with "A"......adapter.....for my breastpump.......LOL!!

Looks a lot like mine! except my purse is smaller with almost just as much "stuff"! lol ...also, my husband and I share a phone too! :) We're pregnant with our first child and were thinking we're going to just have to get another one when the baby comes in September--how do you make it work with one phone plus a kid?!

My daughter just dumped my purse out while checking out at the grocery store. Loose M&M's, coins, candy wrappers, receipts galore, batteries, pens, and little papers were everywhere. I'm sure it was a sight watching me crouch down to pick up the "garbage" and stuff it back into my purse so could finish checking out and leave!

oh man, I did a post on this a year or so ago and it ended up that I had a fork and a googly eye in there. I was student teaching at the time, so literally anything went at that point in time. Thanks for the post, it was a fun one!

What a great post. Thank you for this glimpse inside your pocket. And as you suggested (and because it really is a lot of fun), I made a post showing my handbag's content as well. Here it is:http://www.blogz.ch/ette/2012/07/12/bag/Thank you for your wonderful blog, I always love reading your posts.

Thanks for making me feel SO much better about my purse!! I've decided that it must be MANDATORY for us to crinkle our receipts before putting them in our purses. My husband makes fun of it ALL the time!! -Ashley @ Projectbazaar.blogspot.com

Fun post! I am totally a purse hoarder. With 4 kids in tow, I can hardly get out of the grocery store alive let alone keep my purse organized! The funny thing is I carry a purse that is tiny, like 6"x6"x2". And it is so full of receipts and lists that I can never find my keys when leaving the store. I JUST bought a nice big one from Ross though and now I'm inspired to organize it and start using it!

I agree, this is a fun post! I wonder about other peoples purses too. I actually got rid of my purse for a good year and only carried a little wristlet purse. It would only fit my cards,cash, tiny cell phone and some lipgloss. I have to say it was liberating not to carry my whole house in my purse but I was always forgetting something or other. I have gone back to my good old purse and it feels nice haha.

I laughed so hard at this; this is so my purse, down to the Kay Jeweler brochure that I've been carrying around for a month, meaning to get my wedding band cleaned and checked up (I'm assuming that's what that is... looks just like mine, only a bit less crumpled than mine).